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The Humble Pie Thread

The Humble Pie Thread

I was one of the guys who critised AN in the past few days without knowing the full facts so therefore I hold my hands up.

I havent bought a ST since Westley era so to put my money where my mouth is, I intend to buy a ST next year and support our club and the management team which I hope will be a promotion season.

Thanks Alex for signing the new contract ?
 
Huzeifa said:
I was one of the guys who critised AN in the past few days without knowing the full facts so therefore I hold my hands up.

I havent bought a ST since Westley era so to put my money where my mouth is, I intend to buy a ST next year and support our club and the management team which I hope will be a promotion season.

Thanks Alex for signing the new contract ?
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Hear, hear!! ?
 
Some of the reactions yesterday were pretty bad but I think two factors didn't help. Firsty almost everyone was convinced he was off and secondly most had been on the ale all day as it was Gentry Day!

I doubt Neil would have been anything other than frustrated had he read/heard any of them. We move on.
 
Much made of AN not acknowledging the fans post match yesterday.
Was it disrespecting the fans/club? Was he avoiding what could be construed as a “last farewell”?
From today’s news it was probably a manager incensed at his team/his continuing project, having been outplayed & needing to immediately express his “thoughts” to the players.
With hindsight, it was a sign of passion, not disrespect.
 
Just what are we eating humble pie about? I critcised him yesterday and following 4 defeats 3 of which could have been avoided i don't intend to alter my opinion. Reading was a disgrace, Sheff utd was awful, Leeds completely aviodable but the way we defended yesterday and capitulated was and on gentry day an embarrassment. I believe that AN should have gone to West Brom if they wanted him and we could have started afresh next season.
 
spender said:
Just what are we eating humble pie about? I critcised him yesterday and following 4 defeats 3 of which could have been avoided i don't intend to alter my opinion. Reading was a disgrace, Sheff utd was awful, Leeds completely aviodable but the way we defended yesterday and capitulated was and on gentry day an embarrassment. I believe that AN should have gone to West Brom if they wanted him and we could have started afresh next season.
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AN has transformed the way we play, he's developed our young talent. Personally I love the guy....new 3 year contract made my day! 🙂
 
spender said:
Just what are we eating humble pie about? I critcised him yesterday and following 4 defeats 3 of which could have been avoided i don't intend to alter my opinion. Reading was a disgrace, Sheff utd was awful, Leeds completely aviodable but the way we defended yesterday and capitulated was and on gentry day an embarrassment. I believe that AN should have gone to West Brom if they wanted him and we could have started afresh next season.
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I think the real blame needs to sit with West Brom. Could Alex have distanced himself further from the speculation? Probably but I think as much as he is to blame the owner should have acted quicker to give him the assurances he needed.

The speculation was bound to have impacted the players and if you couple that with losing key players to injury at the same time in Hughes, Barky and Potts it was a perfect storm.

With his future sorted I expect a massive response from the players on Friday. Ipswich are in for an absolute thrashing.
 
WhiteWomble said:
A place for all those bad mouthing Neil over the past few days to show a little humility...
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The whole thread is extremely pedantic IMO, only posted after the fact, and expecting folk who wanted Neil out or weren't fussed if he went to somehow come back on apologising for their opinions or admitting they were wrong?
Personally, I wasn't too fussed whether he stayed or went, I'm not his biggest fan and by gum, the whole few days was a bit of a dogs breakfast and could easily have been put to bed before the WBA match.
 
Keeper1 said:
Much made of AN not acknowledging the fans post match yesterday.
Was it disrespecting the fans/club? Was he avoiding what could be construed as a “last farewell”?
From today’s news it was probably a manager incensed at his team/his continuing project, having been outplayed & needing to immediately express his “thoughts” to the players.
With hindsight, it was a sign of passion, not disrespect.
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Passion, disrespect and extreme anger. Anger at the way the speculation affected the players and anger with WBA for hyping the speculation pre match.
Not sufficient reasons for ignoring the fans but the anger clouded his thinking at the end of the match. I suspect he was extremely pissed off with all things WBA. Their fans have also been extremely negative about him too.
 
rem said:
Passion, disrespect and extreme anger. Anger at the way the speculation affected the players and anger with WBA for hyping the speculation pre match.
Not sufficient reasons for ignoring the fans but the anger clouded his thinking at the end of the match. I suspect he was extremely pissed off with all things WBA. Their fans have also been extremely negative about him too.
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How did WBA hype the situation pre-match? Genuine question-I haven't seen or heard anything from them re Neil.
 
rem said:
Passion, disrespect and extreme anger. Anger at the way the speculation affected the players and anger with WBA for hyping the speculation pre match.
Not sufficient reasons for ignoring the fans but the anger clouded his thinking at the end of the match. I suspect he was extremely pissed off with all things WBA. Their fans have also been extremely negative about him too.
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We’ll agree on the anger ? Maintain driven by passion - the passion I hope will drive us on next season and the passion that led me to kick the cat!*
* no actual cats were hurt in the making of this comment
 
spender said:
Just what are we eating humble pie about? I critcised him yesterday and following 4 defeats 3 of which could have been avoided i don't intend to alter my opinion. Reading was a disgrace, Sheff utd was awful, Leeds completely aviodable but the way we defended yesterday and capitulated was and on gentry day an embarrassment. I believe that AN should have gone to West Brom if they wanted him and we could have started afresh next season.
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It’s all about options I guess...but your is wrong and shite.
 
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